India granted 'observer' status in Arctic Council

Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report

Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation

Rotterdam Convention meet: no consensus on including herbicide paraquat in the prior informed consent list

120 nations had agreed to the listing, but India and Gautemala played spoilsport

Finally, a recovery programme for the neglected bustards

Will MoEF plan save the rare birds endemic to Indian grasslands?

SOUTH ASIA

Southeast African farmers wary of EU deal

EU signs biggest fisheries deal with Mauritiana

Updates

US, Barzil agreement on biofuels

Crowdsourcing technology could ensure safety of drinking water in rural India

Research group develops a simple test kit that combines science and mobile phones

Asia-Pacific agreement on net fishing

In short

Adani’s coal mine acquisition in Australia under scanner

Company failed to submit environmental track records to Australian environment ministry

Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts

State drags its feet over installing early warning systems

South Asia

South Asia

South Asian nations will now cooperate to save the vulture

Most rapid decline in vulture populations recorded in Asia

COVID-19: Developing countries in unprecedented debt situation

Demand for a ‘global debt deal’ picks up

Lalitpur’s baby formula

Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two

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Women’s Day 2024: In Odisha, they provide subsidised food, measure water & restore common urban spaces

Women self-help groups in Odisha have become implementing partners for crucial government services

Women’s Day 2024: Investing in women most effective way to accelerate growth, says UN Women

1 in every 10 women globally lives in extreme poverty; war & crisis eroding decades of progress in gender equality

Departure from the goddess: Sunderbans’ women & Bonbibi suffer the worst of climate crisis

Women live precarious lives in the cyclone-ravaged delta, as people slowly disconnect from Bonbibi worship & its principles of ecosystem …

Thar she blows: An ice-free Northwest Passage has enabled the Gray Whale’s return to New England

Last seen in the age of commercial whaling, an ice-free Passage enabled the species to travel from Pacific to Atlantic

International Big Cat Alliance headquarters will be in India; Centre allocates Rs 150 crore

The grouping’s structure will consist of an Assembly of Members, Standing Committee and a Secretariat; its statute has been drafted …